Question: Compose a response with direct references to the assigned readings below and outside resources: Should the individuals involved in the planned kidnapping be labeled as
Compose a response with direct references to the assigned readings below and outside resources:
- Should the individuals involved in the planned kidnapping be labeled as domestic terrorists?
- Should they be charged with federal crimes for their actions or inactions?
- Do you see any prosecutorial or political issues with this FBI investigation?
Readings:
- Briana Gorsorski, AG Dana Nessel, Feds Charge 13 People in Plot to Kidnap Governor Whitner - Commit Domestic Terrorism, Arab-American News, 10/10/2020, Vol. 36 Issue 1809, pages 6-7.
- Graham Macklin, "The Conspiracy to Kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitner," CTC Sentinel, West Point, July/August 2021, Vol 14, Issue 6, pages 1-16.
- Scott McClallen, "Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Under Fire after Allegations FBI Told Informant to Lie, Delete Text Messages," The Center Square, Michigan, August 16, 2021.
- YouTube Video, "Training Video Released in Alleged Kidnapping Plot, Uploaded by ABC of Chicago on July 23, 2021, 2:32 long video.
- Kathleen Belew, "Bring the War Home - The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America," Harvard University Press, 2018. Pages235-239.
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